Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows:
Jeffrey Bombardier, Ph.D.
Licensing Associate
Tufts University Technology Transfer
jeffrey.bombardier @ tufts dot edu
William Holmes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology at Rhode Island College
wholmes@ric.edu
Francesca Morgera, Ph.D.
Head of Technical Transfer and Manufacturing
Technical Development and Production Manager at Exosomics, Siena (Italy) (http://www.exosomics.it/)
francesca.morgera@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesca-morgera-81910838/
Sivaram Mylavarapu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, India
sivaram@rcb.res.in
www.rcb.res.in
Graduate Students:
Daniel Brewer, Ph.D.
Deputy Operations Officer at U.S. Army - Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Michelle Dubuke, Ph.D.
Sr Application Scientist at Thermo Fisher Scientific's Precision Medicine Center
michelle.dubuke@thermofisher.com
www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-dubuke-5093323a/
Melonnie Furgason, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology, Kettering College, Kettering, Ohio
Melonnie.Furgason@kc.edu
Elina Glaubke
Visiting Master’s student (University of Osnabrück, Germany)
Ph.D. candidate at University of Göttingen
Maggie Heider, Ph.D.
Development Scientist (Applications and Product Development, New England Biolabs Inc., Ipswich MA)
www.linkedin.com/in/margaret-heider-3407a014
Jennifer (Saporita) Songer (*deceased; posthumous Ph.D. awarded 6/09)
Lab Managers:
Pallavi Gandhi
Sr. Research Associate, Biomarkers and Clinical Bioanalysis, Sanofi Genzyme Framingham
pallavi.gandhi@gmail.com
Anne Mirza
Research Associate, UMass Medical School, MaPS Dept.
Anne.Mirza@umassmed.edu
Undergraduate students:
Raira Ank
SURE program undergraduate from Georgia College State University
PhD candidate in Cancer Biology at Emory University, Atlanta
raira.ank@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/raira-ank
Allison Butt
Undergraduate from WPI
Ph.D. candidate at Yale University, BBS Program
ambutt@wpi.edu
Sarah Cabral
Undergraduate from WPI
Ph.D. candidate, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University
Sarah_Cabral@brown.edu
linkedin.com/in/sarah-cabral-14070b6a
Nikki Croteau, MD
Undergraduate from WPI
General Surgery Resident at NYP-Weill Cornell, NYC
Research Fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and The Rockefeller University
Nikki.croteau@gmail.com
Alexander Czuchra
Undergraduate from WPI
Ph.D. candidate at University of Massachusetts Medical School
Alexander.Czuchra@umassmed.edu
Alexandra D’Ordine
Biochemistry & Professional Writing WPI ’17
PhD candidate, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry Graduate Program at Brown University
alexandra_dordine@brown.edu
Stephen Foley
Undergraduate from WPI
Jennifer Garbarino
Undergraduate from WPI
Ph.D. candidate at Yale University, Bindra lab
jennifer.garbarino99@gmail.com
Elizabeth Hankla
Undergraduate from Mount Holyoke College
Pharmacist, FDA, Silver Spring, MD
elizmarek@yahoo.com
Rachael Heard
Undergraduate from WPI
Intern, Boston College Graduate Admissions Office
Heardr@bc.edu
Miye Jacques
Undergraduate from WPI
Translational Research Scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb
https://www.linkedin.com/in/miye-jacques-3b973013a/
Madeline Manfra-Levitt
Undergraduate from WPI
Cell Processing Specialist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
www.linkedin.com/in/madeline-manfra-levitt-280111182
Lauren O’Connor
Undergraduate from Assumption College
Ph.D. candidate at University of Massachusetts Medical School
lauren.oconnor@assumption.edu
www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-o-connor
Jamie Towle-Weicksel, Ph.D.
Biology, WPI '06; Chemistry, Clark University, Ph.D., '12
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Rhode Island College
jtowleweicksel@ric.edu
https://towleweicksellab.wixsite.com/poltheta
Kristine Trontz, DDS
Undergraduate from WPI
Pediatric Dentist Haas Dental Associates
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristine-zeeb-817731a0/
Lexi Walls
Undergraduate from UMass Amherst
Ph.D candidate in Biochemistry at the University of Washington in Seattle
acwalls@uw.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-lexi-walls-475a7384/
Ashleigh Wood
Undergraduate from WPI
Development Program Management
ashleigh.wood@regeneron.com
